BODY

Round 2: Holding body piece and one leg with right sides together, sl st 3 sts through both pieces, 2 sc in next 3 sts of body piece, holding body piece and other leg with right sides together, sl st 3 sts through both pieces, 2 sc in next 3 sts of body piece, (sc in next 21 sts of leg, sc in next 6 sts of starting body piece)twice. Consider this the starting point of rounds from here on. (54)

Rounds 3-18 (16 rounds): Sc around. (54)

Round 19: (Dec, sc 7)around. (48)

Rounds 20-23 (4 rounds): Sc around. (48)

Round 24: Sc 6. Holding one of the arms with the paw side facing the body, sc 8 through the sts on the side of the arm that is touching the body and through the normal sts being worked on the body at the same time. Sc 16. Holding the other arm with the paw side facing the body, sc 8 through the sts on the side of the arm that is touching the body and through the normal sts being worked on the body at the same time. Sc 10. From here on, only the outer-most sts will be worked. (68)

The main one I noticed when working this pattern was when switching from body to head, specifically round 31. Decreasing around on 48 stitches leads to 24, not 22. This throws off the subsequent rounds until round 34 when you are back to multiples of 6.

I also found it's better when decreasing the body and attaching arms to not strictly follow instructions, and to instead just put the decreases in his armpits to hide the "seams"